Materials Science Programs & Projects

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of the most likely materials to produce the next breakthrough in the electronics … more

The Analytical Chemistry Division serves as the Nation’s reference laboratory for chemical compositional measurements and standards to … more

In this project we are developing in situ measurements relevant to the electrochemical fabrication, processing, and application of nanostructured … more

In this project, we are developing metrology needed for the synthesis, processing, and characterization of semiconductor nanowire structures to … more

The goal of this project is to develop the metrology necessary for rapid, high-throughput measurement of the hydrogen content of novel materials … more

This project is developing means of quantitatively measuring chemical distributions in three dimensions at the nanometer scale in materials with … more

Industry needs thermodynamic and kinetic data for the development of new materials for sustainable energy applications; expanded and new databases … more

Our goal is to develop combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for rapid characterization of the structure and phase behavior of … more

Our goal is to develop measurement techniques to characterize the changes in thermal transport and thermal transition temperatures in polymeric … more

Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the … more

Our goal is to enable industrial acquisition of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for polymeric materials research and … more

Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the … more

We develop quantitative methods for the analysis of macromolecules having complex architectures and nanoparticles having organic functionalities. … more

The goal of this project is to develop quantitative measurement methods for determining the structure, dynamics, and mechanical properties of … more

This project provides new measurement methods, property data and simulations for areas critical to US manufacturing, describing the mechanisms … more